Revision as of 17:28, 11 March 2013

OS X

LP

• lp drawing reference page https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/Manpages/man1/lp.1.html
• direct stream to LPT, via usb: http://hintsforums.macworld.com/archive/index.php/t-111504.html
  • cat myTextFile.txt | lp -oraw
  • raw lp from terminal

others

• cups driver for mac http://buymelunch.org/printing/usbtb/

Windows

• generic printer - http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/hr/netfxbcl/thread/bc5a1635-90ff-4dda-aed7-7e5f6493ccdb

Linux

Adding microline 320 printer

• Adding to linux system
• parallel:/dev/usblp0
• http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1436079&page=2

Printer queue command line tools http://www.novell.com/documentation/suse91/suselinux-adminguide/html/ch05s07.html

• lpstat -o
• lprm

Adding as Raw Printer:

• http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=35440&p=299332

Command Line printer management

• http://www.techrepublic.com/article/control-printers-in-linux-from-the-command-line/5055067